Yahoo Board Renews Emphasis on CEO Hunt

By

Joann S. Lublin And

Amir Efrati

Updated Oct. 27, 2011 4:28 a.m. ET

Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors is now placing a renewed emphasis on its search for a permanent chief executive, even while shopping the company's core business to potential buyers, according to people familiar with the matter.

Yahoo's board was previously focused on raising interest among potential bidders for the Sunnyvale, Calif., Internet company after firing CEO Carol Bartz in early September, these people said. At the time, even though Yahoo announced it was undertaking a CEO search and a "strategic...